About Historic England
What is Historic England?
Historic England is the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's historic environment. Formed in 2015, it lists and protects historic places, gives expert advice, supports heritage at risk, and distributes grants — working across the whole of England.
Where will I work?
Hybrid. Historic England has offices across England (London HQ plus regional offices in cities including Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Manchester, Newcastle, Swindon, York) and supports hybrid working.
What is the Historic England team like?
Around 1,100 staff across heritage protection, listing, planning advice, archaeology, curatorial and archive work, grants, communications, finance and corporate services.
Work-Life Balance
From Historic England's job adverts: "We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working." Compressed hours is an opt-in flexible-working arrangement.
Perks and Benefits
- Compressed hours working — opt-in flexible-working option.
- Hybrid working across a network of English offices.
- Civil Service pension scheme.
- Generous annual leave plus bank holidays and privilege days.
- Learning and development support.
How to Apply
Historic England runs its hiring through the Applied (BeApplied) platform — skills-based, anonymised review.